Overview
- Martin G., 44, is charged with arson in association and attempted insurance fraud over the February blaze at Soest’s De Bauers, with an Apeldoorn man confessing to lighting the fire for payment.
- Investigators named the men’s partners and a fifth contact as suspects based on tapped phone traffic, while both principal suspects remain detained and the probe is expected to finish by Christmas with a procedural hearing on January 20.
- Police camera footage shows fuel being poured in children’s bedrooms before ignition; damage nears €2 million, 54 residents were evacuated, and the burned building has been demolished.
- In Vlaardingen, prosecutors demanded 11 years’ imprisonment plus TBS for foster parents Johnny van den B. and Daisy W., as court-appointed curators report the girl’s rehabilitation has stopped and she will need lifelong, 24-hour care.
- In Dronten, an amended indictment alleges the female defendant urged killings and blocked a victim during reloading, with trial set for January 12–13 (and 16 if needed), while in Nijkerk a 20-year-old admitted placing one explosive linked to a suspected 500-kilo cocaine ripdeal and faces a five-year demand with sentencing due later this month.